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It sounds like you gained over 30 pounds your first year. I would definitely try to tone it down a bit and maybe use a more moderate diet such as cycling 2 week bulking and maintenance periods, or using a zig zag eating approach and eat more on training days. There are many ways to do this.

Regarding diet I would throw in one day a week where you eat higher carbs, possibly on the day before heavy squats. it is definitely NOT wrong to train heavy and eat like a bodybuilder. That's what I've always done, and I think training heavy on core compounds lifts is the key to fast muscle gains.

In fact I checked my logs and I gained weight even more than that and much more rapidly:
April 2009: 82kg, August 2009: 86kg, October 2009: 91kg, January 2010: 99kg(!!!), February 2010: 97kg, March 2010: 99kg, currently 96.5kg... So yes, now I try to get to between 80-85kg and try to somehow maintain current strength levels.

Now trying to do a targeted ketodiet, very little carbs except before and after workout. Calories about 2000-2100 non-workout days, 2500-3000 in workout-days. It will be more comfortable to train heavy when I feel like I am not too heavy.